I don't think I'm able to identify a blog post that truly had a major impact on my life, but the first thing that comes to mind was this really beautifully written piece about the life of a text message.

Original: https://scottbot.net/the-route-of-a-text-message/

VICE article for prettier version: https://www.vice.com/en/article/kzdn8n/the-route-of-a-text-m...